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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW 32...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
829 AM MDT FRI OCT 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0815 MDT ON OCTOBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WITH ASSOCIATED INSTABILITY
ALOFT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE AREA TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS
MORNING WILL INCREASE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH
THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXITS THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH ASSOCIATED DRIER AIR WILL THEN MOVE INTO
THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BRINGING DRIER
CONDITIONS AND CLEARING SKIES TO THE AREA. AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT...AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR
NORMAL. BREEZY AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO MIX DOWN
TO THE SURFACE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS
TODAY AND SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT UNTIL 1200...THEN 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING. BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY BY MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...BEAGLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101008.CROW3.01/TFX